A protective barrier stopped pilgrims touching the Kaaba and Black Stone during the pandemic Pilgrims in the Great Mosque of Mecca in Saudi Arabia can once again touch and kiss one of Islam's most ...

The Black Stone, housed in a silver frame on the Kaaba, is one of Islam's most sacred relics. Some scholars trace it to pre-Islamic times as a meteorite involved in ancient rituals.

The video, taken at one of the opening events of Saudi Arabia's Riyadh Season festival, shows a cube-shaped structure ...

Millions of Muslims making the annual pilgrimage to their holiest site, Mecca, flock to get a share ... and its water is used to wash the holy Kaaba stone at the Grand Mosque ahead of the annual ...

The pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia is the supreme token of Islamic faith and unity where for all the Muslims in the world, the Hajj is the supreme expression of Islamic solidarity and it ...